The Go-Betweens – Tallulah (CD)
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The Go-Betweens never quite got the commercial foothold their talent deserved, but among the faithful, the Brisbane band's run of 1980s albums built a devoted following that has only deepened with time. Tallulah arrived in 1987 at a moment when Robert Forster and Grant McLennan were writing at peak sharpness, their contrasting sensibilities, Forster's cool literary distance and McLennan's melodic warmth, pulling the songs in genuinely interesting directions.
For The Go-Betweens fifth album, they added multi-instrumentalist Amanda Brown, and she broadened their sound and gave it more drama. The album is a pivotal one in their discography and sits as a stepping-stone between their early era, and their more richly textured later work. Paste Magazine included it in their list of the best new-wave albums and said that it features ""several signature works by the group's chief writers, most notably McLennan's infectiously chorused shoulda-been-hits ""Right Here"" and ""Bye Bye Pride,"" as well as such characteristically edgy Forster compositions as the undertowing ""House That Jack Kerouac Built"" and ""The Clarke Sisters,"" a haunting character study of spinsters that perfectly captures it's author's eye for detail.""
Tracklist:
- Right Here
- You Tell Me
- Someone Else's Wife
- I Just Get Caught Out
- Cut It Out
- The House That Jack Kerouac Built
- Bye Bye Pride
- Spirit of a Vampyre
- The Clarke Sisters
- Hope Then Strife
UPC: 607618216924
Label: Beggars Banquet Us
Release Date: 9.25.26
Format: CD